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- From: ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar)
- Subject: Re: PasteUp vs PageMaker: Biz group needed.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.175656.12020@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Reply-To: ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar)
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
- References: <199209131117.AA01689@cnam.cnam.fr>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:56:56 GMT
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- In article <199209131117.AA01689@cnam.cnam.fr> eronald@CNAM.CNAM.FR (Edmund
- Ronald) writes:
- > Advertising's place is not on c.s.n.m, so much we all agree.
- > However, advertising does contain information, or we wouldn't spend
- > our time reading those trade glossies (Byte, Electronics etc...).
- > So, why don't we make a "biz.next" group? This is the accepted place
- > on the net for commercial ventures to strutt their stuff.
- >
- > Edmund.
-
- The closest thing currently existing, I should add, is probably the
- csn.marketplace group. It at least has no illusions of being non-commercial,
- so perhaps it might be a good place to post things with prices.
-
- Now, we DID discuss this during the call for votes, but people decided they
- wanted new software announcements in csn.announce (and they KNEW they wouldn't
- have prices there). So, either way involves a change in the charter of some
- newsgroup. Just wanted to throw another fact into the fire,
-
- - Ernie 'RFD' Prabhakar
-
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- Ernest N. Prabhakar Caltech High Energy Physics
- Member, League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)
- CaJUN President NeXTMail:ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu
- "...and ourselves, your servants for Jesus sake." - II Cor 4:5b
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